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Karen Read Asks Judge to Toss Case on Double Jeopardy | CRIME ALERT HOURLY UPDATE · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 2: Crime Alert. I'm Drew Neilson, breaking crime news now. A
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  Speaker 2: notorious case followed closely by Crime Alert has taken another turn.
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  Speaker 2: Following the trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of leaving
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  Speaker 2: her boyfriend to die in the snow, which ended in
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  Speaker 2: a mistrial last month. Karen Reid's defense team has made
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  Speaker 2: several motions to dismiss the charges against her, arguing that
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  Speaker 2: double jeopardy should apply, claiming the five jurors had come
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  Speaker 2: forward to say they had unanimously agreed on a not
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  Speaker 2: guilty verdict for the second degree murder charge and the
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  Speaker 2: charge of leaving the scene of an accident. The jurors
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  Speaker 2: were reportedly deadlocked only on the manslaughter charge. Karen Reid
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  Speaker 2: was on trial for the death of Boston Police officer
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  Speaker 2: John O'Keefe, whom she allegedly struck with her SUV after
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  Speaker 2: a night of drinking. In January twenty twenty two. O'Keeffe
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  Speaker 2: was found outside the home of another officer, and his
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  Speaker 2: death was attributed to hypothermia and blunt force trauma Crime
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  Speaker 2: alert Sidney Sumner has more.
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  Speaker 3: Central to Reed's defense is that the many law enforcement
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  Speaker 3: officers present at Brian Albert's home have framed Reed for
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  Speaker 3: a murder she did not commit. Evidence that lead investigator,
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  Speaker 3: Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor violated state policy by
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  Speaker 3: taking on a case he had personal ties to supports
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  Speaker 3: the defense's claims. Proctor had a personal relationship with the
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  Speaker 3: Albert family, who owns the home where John O'Keefe was
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  Speaker 3: found dead. Proctor is now facing internal investigation for the
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  Speaker 3: alleged policy by but remains on full active duty.
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  Speaker 2: After two months of intense testimony, the jury could not
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  Speaker 2: reach a unanimous verdict, leading the judge to declare a
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  Speaker 2: mistrial on setting a tentative date for another trial. January
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  Speaker 2: of next year, Reid's attorney requested a private hearing where
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  Speaker 2: the jurors could testify anonymously about their deliberations. The lawyer
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  Speaker 2: cited the appeal case of Alex Murdau, where a special
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  Speaker 2: hearing was held to question jurors about possible external influences.
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  Speaker 2: You may remember Murdaw as the South Carolina man accused
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  Speaker 2: of killing his wife, Maggie and their son Paul. He's
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  Speaker 2: been sent away for two life sentences. The lawyer argued
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  Speaker 2: that retrying Reid on the charges that she was acquitted
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  Speaker 2: of would be unprecedented and unjust, urging the judge not
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  Speaker 2: to let Reed be the first person in Massachusetts to
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  Speaker 2: face reprosecution for a murder under such circumstances. The prosecutor
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  Speaker 2: opposed the motion, saying that Massachusetts law prohibits questioning the
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  Speaker 2: content of jury deliberations, even if jurors reach out volunteer Haarily.
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  Speaker 2: He contended that there was no formal verdict on the
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  Speaker 2: murder and leaving the scene charges, and that the defense
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  Speaker 2: was twisting legal precedent to fit their narrative. He emphasizes
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  Speaker 2: that what the defense was proposing was against the rules
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  Speaker 2: the law and established case law. The judge did not
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  Speaker 2: immediately rule on the motion. For the latest crime and
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